A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine

Abstract

This application relates to the field of capsule filling, and in particular to a fully automatic hard capsule filling machine, including a base. A turntable assembly is provided at the center of the top of the base. Two capsule setting assemblies, a filling assembly, a first cleaning assembly, an empty capsule removal assembly, two push-closing assemblies, a feeding assembly, and a second cleaning assembly are provided on one side of the turntable assembly. The empty capsule removal assembly includes a negative pressure recovery machine. A second limiting groove is provided in the center of one side of the negative pressure recovery machine. A second limiting slider slides inside the second limiting groove. A third telescopic rod is fixedly installed at the bottom of the inner side of the second limiting groove. The output end of the third telescopic rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second limiting slider. A push plate is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider. An empty capsule inlet is provided at one end of the top of the negative pressure recovery machine, achieving the effect of automatic recovery of empty capsules.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of capsule filling, and in particular to a fully automatic hard capsule filling machine. Background Technology

[0002] Capsule filling refers to the process of precisely filling drugs, health products, or other substances into empty capsules. This technology is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry and nutritional supplement manufacturing because it ensures accurate dosage, ease of use, and the ability to mask unpleasant tastes or odors of certain ingredients. Hard capsules consist of two parts: a cylindrical body and a closed end cap, and are suitable for filling drugs in the form of solid powders, granules, or microcapsules.

[0003] The existing hard capsule shells are tightly packed, and separation failures often occur when separating the capsule shell from the end cap. This makes it impossible to fill the capsule shell with medication, and the capsule shell is easily mixed with the subsequently filled capsules, making it difficult to separate and inconvenient to use. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to solve the problems mentioned in the background art, this application provides a fully automatic hard capsule filling machine.

[0005] The above-mentioned technical objective of this application is achieved through the following technical solution: A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine includes a base. A turntable assembly is provided at the center of the top of the base. Two capsule setting assemblies, a filling assembly, a first cleaning assembly, an empty shell removal assembly, two push-closing assemblies, a feeding assembly, and a second cleaning assembly are provided on one side of the turntable assembly. The empty shell removal assembly includes a negative pressure recovery machine. A second limiting groove is provided in the center of one side of the negative pressure recovery machine. A second limiting slider slides inside the second limiting groove. A third telescopic rod is fixedly installed at the bottom of the inner side of the second limiting groove. The output end of the third telescopic rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second limiting slider. A push plate is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider. An empty shell inlet is provided at one end of the top of the negative pressure recovery machine.

[0006] By adopting the above scheme, two capsule setting components, a filling component, a first cleaning component, an empty shell removal component, two push-closing components, a feeding component, and a second cleaning component are provided on one side of the turntable assembly. This facilitates the placement of the capsule setting components on the turntable assembly, allowing the turntable assembly to drive the capsules sequentially through the filling component and the two push-closing components for drug filling. The first cleaning component cleans the top of the lower mold after the filling component completes drug filling. The filled hard capsules are discharged from the feeding component. The second cleaning component cleans the upper and lower molds of the turntable assembly. The second limiting groove facilitates the limiting of the sliding of the second limiting slider. The third telescopic rod facilitates the operation of the third telescopic rod to control the up and down sliding of the second limiting slider. A push plate is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider, facilitating the up and down sliding of the second limiting slider to drive the push plate to slide up and down. When the turntable moves the upper mold to the front of the empty shell removal component, the first telescopic rod operates to move the upper mold to the top of the push plate. The push plate moves upward to push the empty capsules whose capsule shells have not separated from the end caps upward. The empty shell inlet facilitates the suction out and recycling of the empty capsules.

[0007] Furthermore, the turntable assembly includes a rotating disk, and twelve first limiting grooves are provided on the side of the rotating disk, with first limiting sliders fixedly and slidably connected inside the first limiting grooves.

[0008] By adopting the above scheme and setting the first limiting slide groove, it is convenient for the twelve workstations on the top of the corresponding machine base to work together to automatically fill hard capsules.

[0009] Furthermore, a second telescopic rod is fixedly installed at the bottom inner side of the first limiting slide groove, and the output end of the second telescopic rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the first limiting slide.

[0010] By adopting the above scheme and setting the second telescopic rod, it is easy to control the first limit slider to slide up and down along the first limit groove.

[0011] Furthermore, a lower mold is fixedly installed on one side of the first limiting slider, and the surface of the lower mold has a capsule shell hole.

[0012] By adopting the above solution, a capsule shell hole is provided on the surface of the lower mold, which facilitates the capsule setting component to fix the capsule shell on the lower mold, and makes it convenient for the rotating disk to drive the capsule shell to move for filling.

[0013] Furthermore, the top of the first limiting slide is provided with a mounting seat, which is fixedly installed on the top of the rotating disk.

[0014] By adopting the above solution and setting the mounting base, it is easy to fix the upper mold.

[0015] Furthermore, a first telescopic rod is fixedly installed on one side of the mounting base, and an upper mold is fixedly installed at the output end of the first telescopic rod. An end cap hole is opened on the top of the upper mold.

[0016] By adopting the above scheme, an end cap hole is provided at the top of the upper mold, which facilitates the capsule setting assembly to fix the end cap, and the first telescopic rod controls the lateral movement of the upper mold.

[0017] Furthermore, the capsule setting assembly includes a capsule sequencing machine, and a vacuum adsorption mechanism is fixedly installed on one side of the bottom of the capsule sequencing machine.

[0018] By adopting the above scheme, the capsule sequencing machine and the vacuum adsorption mechanism facilitate the operation of the capsule sequencing machine to insert the empty capsule shell with the end cap facing upward into the end cap hole, so that the end cap engages with the end cap hole. The vacuum adsorption mechanism then separates the capsule shell from the end cap, so that the capsule shell is inserted into the capsule shell hole.

[0019] Furthermore, there are two empty workstations between the capsule setting component and the filling component, and one empty workstation between the shell removal component and the push-closing component.

[0020] By adopting the above scheme, two empty stations are provided between the capsule setting component and the filling component. This allows the first telescopic rod to move the upper mold, which is filled with end caps, toward the center of the rotating disk, avoiding the top of the lower mold to facilitate drug filling. The second telescopic rod moves the lower mold, which is filled with capsule shells, downward, facilitating the filling component to fill the capsule shells with drugs and providing working space for the shell removal component to remove empty shells. An empty station is provided between the shell removal component and the push-closing component, allowing the second telescopic rod to move the lower mold upward, facilitating the subsequent two push-closing components to compact and close the capsule shells and end caps containing drugs.

[0021] In summary, this application has the following technical effects: The turntable assembly has two capsule setting components, a filling component, a first cleaning component, an empty capsule removal component, two push-closing components, a feeding component, and a second cleaning component on its outer side. This allows the capsule setting components to be positioned on the turntable assembly, facilitating the sequential passage of capsules through the filling and push-closing components for drug filling. The first cleaning component cleans the top of the lower mold after the filling component completes drug filling. The filled hard capsules are then discharged from the feeding component. The second cleaning component cleans both the upper and lower molds of the turntable assembly. A second limiting groove limits the movement of the second limiting slider. A third telescopic rod controls the up-and-down movement of the second limiting slider. A push plate is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider, allowing the slider to move up and down, which in turn moves the push plate. When the turntable moves the upper mold to the empty capsule removal component, the first telescopic rod moves the upper mold to the top of the push plate. The push plate moves upward, pushing upward any empty capsules whose capsule shells have not separated from their end caps. An empty capsule inlet facilitates the suction and recycling of empty capsules. Attached Figure Description

[0022] Figure 1 This is a structural diagram of a fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to this application; Figure 2 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the component excluding the empty shell in this application; Figure 3 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the turntable component of this application; Figure 4 This application Figure 3 Enlarged view of the A-structure in the middle; Figure 5 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the capsule assembly component of this application.

[0023] In the diagram, 1. Machine base; 2. Turntable assembly; 21. Rotating disk; 22. Lower mold; 23. Upper mold; 24. Mounting base; 25. First telescopic rod; 26. First limiting slide groove; 27. Second telescopic rod; 28. First limiting slider; 3. Capsule setting assembly; 31. Capsule sequencing machine; 32. Vacuum adsorption mechanism; 4. Filling assembly; 5. First cleaning assembly; 6. Empty shell removal assembly; 61. Negative pressure recovery machine; 62. Second limiting slide groove; 63. Third telescopic rod; 64. Second limiting slider; 65. Push plate; 66. Empty shell inlet; 7. Push closing assembly; 8. Discharge assembly; 9. Second cleaning assembly. Detailed Implementation

[0024] The present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0025] Example: As attached Figure 1 To be continued Figure 5 As shown: This utility model provides a fully automatic hard capsule filling machine, including a base 1. A turntable assembly 2 is provided at the top center of the base 1. Two capsule setting assemblies 3, a filling assembly 4, a first cleaning assembly 5, an empty capsule removal assembly 6, two push-closing assemblies 7, a feeding assembly 8, and a second cleaning assembly 9 are provided on one side of the turntable assembly 2. The two capsule setting assemblies 3, the filling assembly 4, the first cleaning assembly 5, the empty capsule removal assembly 6, the two push-closing assemblies 7, the feeding assembly 8, and the second cleaning assembly 9 on one side of the turntable assembly 2 facilitate the placement of the capsule setting assembly 3 on the turntable assembly 2, allowing the turntable assembly 2 to drive the capsules sequentially through the filling assembly 4 and the two push-closing assemblies 7 for drug filling. The first cleaning assembly 5 cleans the top of the lower mold 22 after the filling assembly 4 completes the drug filling. The filled hard capsules are discharged from the feeding assembly 8. The second cleaning assembly 9 cleans the upper mold 23 and the lower mold 22 of the turntable assembly 2. The empty capsule removal assembly 6 includes a negative pressure recovery machine 61, with a second empty capsule removal assembly 9 located at the center of one side. The second limiting slide groove 62 houses a second limiting slider 64, which slides within it. The second limiting slide groove 62 facilitates the limiting of the sliding movement of the second limiting slider 64. A third telescopic rod 63 is fixedly installed at the bottom inner side of the second limiting slide groove 62. The output end of the third telescopic rod 63 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second limiting slider 64. The third telescopic rod 63 facilitates the control of the up-and-down sliding of the second limiting slider 64. A push plate 6 is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider 64. 5. A push plate 65 is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider 64, so that the push plate 65 can slide up and down as the second limiting slider 64 slides up and down. When the rotating disk 21 moves the upper mold 23 to the front of the empty shell assembly 6, the first telescopic rod 25 works to move the upper mold 23 to the top of the push plate 65. The push plate 65 moves upward and pushes the empty capsules whose capsule shells have not separated from the end caps upward. An empty shell inlet 66 is opened at one end of the top of the negative pressure recovery machine 61. The empty shell inlet 66 facilitates the suction out of the empty capsules for recycling.

[0026] The turntable assembly 2 includes a turntable 21. The turntable 21 has twelve first limiting slide grooves 26 on its side. The first limiting slide grooves 26 are fixedly and slidably connected to the first limiting sliders 28. The setting of the first limiting slide grooves 26 facilitates the twelve workstations on the top of the base 1, and makes it convenient for the various components to work together to automatically fill hard capsules.

[0027] The bottom inner side of the first limiting slide groove 26 is fixedly installed with a second telescopic rod 27. The output end of the second telescopic rod 27 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the first limiting slider 28. The setting of the second telescopic rod 27 makes it easy to control the first limiting slider 28 to slide up and down along the first limiting slide groove 26.

[0028] The first limiting slider 28 has a lower mold 22 fixedly installed on one side. The lower mold 22 has a capsule shell hole on its surface. The capsule shell hole on the surface of the lower mold 22 makes it easy for the capsule setting component 3 to fix the capsule shell on the lower mold 22, and facilitates the rotating disk 21 to move the capsule shell for filling.

[0029] The first limiting slide 26 is provided with a mounting seat 24 at the top. The mounting seat 24 is fixedly installed on the top of the rotating disk 21. The mounting seat 24 facilitates the fixing of the upper mold 23.

[0030] The first telescopic rod 25 is fixedly installed on one side of the mounting base 24. The upper mold 23 is fixedly installed at the output end of the first telescopic rod 25. The top of the upper mold 23 has an end cap hole. The capsule setting component 3 can fix the end cap through the end cap hole on the top of the upper mold 23. The operation of the first telescopic rod 25 controls the lateral movement of the upper mold 23.

[0031] The capsule setting component 3 includes a capsule sequencing machine 31. A vacuum adsorption mechanism 32 is fixedly installed on one side of the bottom of the capsule sequencing machine 31. The capsule sequencing machine 31 and the vacuum adsorption mechanism 32 facilitate the operation of the capsule sequencing machine 31 to insert the empty capsule shell with the end cap facing upward into the end cap hole, so that the end cap engages with the end cap hole. The operation of the vacuum adsorption mechanism 32 separates the capsule shell from the end cap, so that the capsule shell is inserted into the capsule shell hole.

[0032] The capsule setting component 3 and the filling component 4 are provided with two empty stations. These empty stations facilitate the movement of the first telescopic rod 25, which moves the upper mold 23 containing the end cap towards the center of the rotating disk 21, avoiding the top of the lower mold 22 for easy filling with medicine. The second telescopic rod 27 moves the lower mold 22 containing the capsule shell downwards, facilitating the filling component 4 to fill the capsule shell with medicine and providing working space for the empty shell removal component 6 to remove empty shells. There is an empty station between the empty shell removal component 6 and the push-close component 7. This empty station facilitates the movement of the second telescopic rod 27, which moves the lower mold 22 upwards, allowing the subsequent two push-close components 7 to compact and close the capsule shell and end cap containing medicine.

[0033] Specifically, the capsule sequencing machine 31 and the vacuum adsorption mechanism 32 facilitate the operation of the capsule sequencing machine 31, which inserts the empty capsule shell with the end cap facing upwards into the end cap hole, so that the end cap engages with the end cap hole. The vacuum adsorption mechanism 32 then separates the capsule shell from the end cap, allowing the capsule shell to engage with the capsule shell hole. Two capsule setting components 3, a filling component 4, a first cleaning component 5, an empty shell removal component 6, two push-closing components 7, a feeding component 8, and a second cleaning component 9 are located on one side of the turntable assembly 2. This allows the capsule setting component 3 to be positioned on the turntable assembly 2, facilitating the turntable assembly 2 to sequentially pass the capsules through the filling component 4 and the two push-closing components 7 for drug filling. The first cleaning component 5 cleans the top of the lower mold 22 after the filling component 4 has completed drug filling. The second cleaning component 9... The setting of the limiting slide groove 62 facilitates the limiting of the sliding of the second limiting slider 64. The setting of the third telescopic rod 63 facilitates the operation of the third telescopic rod 63 to control the up and down sliding of the second limiting slider 64. The push plate 65 is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider 64, which facilitates the up and down sliding of the second limiting slider 64 to drive the push plate 65 to slide up and down. When the rotating disk 21 drives the upper mold 23 to move in front of the empty shell assembly 6, the first telescopic rod 25 works to move the upper mold 23 to the top of the push plate 65. The push plate 65 moves upward to push the empty capsules whose capsule shells have not separated from the end caps upward. The setting of the empty shell inlet 66 facilitates the suction out of the empty capsules for recycling. The filled hard capsules are discharged from the unloading assembly 8. The second cleaning assembly 9 cleans the upper and lower molds of the rotating disk assembly 2.

[0034] This specific embodiment is merely an explanation of this application and is not intended to limit it. After reading this specification, those skilled in the art can make modifications to this embodiment without contributing any inventive step, but such modifications are protected by patent law as long as they fall within the scope of the claims of this application.

Claims

1. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine characterized in that, The machine includes a base (1), a turntable assembly (2) is provided at the top center of the base (1), and two capsule setting assemblies (3), a filling assembly (4), a first cleaning assembly (5), an empty shell removal assembly (6), two push closing assemblies (7), a feeding assembly (8) and a second cleaning assembly (9) are provided on the outer side of the turntable assembly (2). The empty shell removal assembly (6) includes a negative pressure recovery machine (61), a second limiting groove (62) is provided at the center of one side of the negative pressure recovery machine (61), a second limiting slider (64) slides inside the second limiting groove (62), a third telescopic rod (63) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the inner side of the second limiting groove (62), the output end of the third telescopic rod (63) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second limiting slider (64), a push plate (65) is fixedly installed on one side of the second limiting slider (64), and an empty shell inlet (66) is provided at one end of the top of the negative pressure recovery machine (61).

2. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The turntable assembly (2) includes a turntable (21), and twelve first limiting grooves (26) are provided on the side of the turntable (21). A first limiting slider (28) is fixedly and slidably connected inside the first limiting groove (26).

3. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to claim 2, characterized in that, A second telescopic rod (27) is fixedly installed on the bottom inner side of the first limiting slide groove (26), and the output end of the second telescopic rod (27) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the first limiting slider (28).

4. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, A lower mold (22) is fixedly installed on one side of the first limiting slider (28), and a capsule shell hole is opened on the surface of the lower mold (22).

5. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The first limiting slide (26) is provided with a mounting seat (24) at the top, and the mounting seat (24) is fixedly installed on the top of the rotating disk (21).

6. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to claim 5, characterized in that, A first telescopic rod (25) is fixedly installed on one side of the mounting base (24), and an upper mold (23) is fixedly installed at the output end of the first telescopic rod (25). An end cap hole is opened on the top of the upper mold (23).

7. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The capsule setting assembly (3) includes a capsule sequencing machine (31), and a vacuum adsorption mechanism (32) is fixedly installed on one side of the bottom of the capsule sequencing machine (31).

8. A fully automatic hard capsule filling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, There are two empty workstations between the capsule setting component (3) and the filling component (4), and one empty workstation between the empty shell component (6) and the push closing component (7).

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